PBC News & Comment: Democratic “Resistance” Ain’t Resisting Venezuelan Coup

Max Blumenthal’s video shows members of Congress are avoiding comment as they back Trump, Bolton, Pompeo, Abrams support for puppet Guaido….--watch Blumenthal’s video here
--Correction: yesterday, I said Elliot Engel when I meant Elliot Abrams
--at Shadowproof, Kevin Gosztola challenges the “liberal case” for intervention
--NY Times continues biased reporting,  as The Guardian forecasts planned protests for tomorrow
--end-running Trump’s breach of Iran deal, Britain France and Germany set up firm to barter with Iran and maintain the agreement
--Dem prez candidates all oppose McConnell’s rebuke of Trump for intending to withdraw US troops from Syria and Afghanistan
--NJ Sen. Cory Booker announces presidential bid, as OH Sen. Sherrod Brown signals his intentions, Bernie Sanders proposes higher estate taxes, and Elizabeth Warren apologizes to Cherokee Nation for DNA test blunder
--Family Tree DNA agrees to open its files to FBI cold case investigators, riling users
--when peaceful protesters from By Any Means Necessary were knifed by white supremacists in Sacramento, FBI investigated BAMN
--as national Dems go silent on abortion rights, NY and VA try to strengthen them
--ICE sent Notices to Appear to immigrants in many cities, who showed up for nonexistent hearings yesterday
--unnamed sources at Senate Intel say Don Jr. didn’t call Daddy on day of meeting with Russians at Trump Tower
--in interview with NY Times publisher and reporters, Trump dances around the damage of his attacks on media with loads of self-pity
--House Dems on Energy & Commerce think they have neutered “Green New Deal”
--opioid drug lords, the Sackler family, considered marketing a drug to help wean OxyContin addicts